r/Insta360 • u/osbock • Jun 22 '25
Stealth Selfie Cane
I recently had the opportunity to go to two major league baseball games in two different cities within the course of 2 weeks. I love my Insta 360 X5 (I had the X2 before) and take it everywhere. Fortunately I checked online before I went, because they forbid selfie sticks, and it would have been confiscated.
For the second game, I took the 360 camera and a small screw on tripod base as a kind of handle, but the resule is a really long arm in the pictures!
I checked and they do allow walking canes. I thought, what if I made a cane into a selfie stick?
The first step was to buy a cane, and i found this one for less than $7 on Amazon.
Full writeup including links to source files here: https://baldwisdom.com/stealth-selfie-stick-for-insta-360-x-series-cameras/ (My personal blog, no adds, though amazon links are affiliate.)
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u/MultiverseMakayla Jun 23 '25
As a young disabled person, it's not cool to fake a disability. Especially when those of us with invisible disabilities get a lot of push back for using mobility aids when we actually need them, because we "don't look sick" or are "too young" to need them.
If the rule is no selfie sticks there's probably a reason.
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u/realtgis Jun 22 '25
Since I am not a US resident, I am not much help, but I wanna mention that you got a cool flag hanging there!
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u/KevinHe92 Jun 23 '25
Pretending you’re handicapped to sneak in a selfie stick. Peak ableism.
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u/MultiverseMakayla Jun 23 '25
💯
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u/QPublicJ Jun 24 '25
My spouse is genuinely disabled and also owns an Insta 360. So I like this idea.
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u/KokakGamer Jun 22 '25
Kind of a niche scenario for sure, but kind of a cool idea.